Description: 4'3" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear flannel. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Engong was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 cp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His fur is short and orange. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Miner profession.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To be a Miner again; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 50 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Elysande hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Elysande was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Pacifist, Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 110 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and yellow robe with the hood down. Her black hair is still thick. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Werydd is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1500 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Armorer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 sp.